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VILIPEND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vilipend mean?
• VILIPEND (verb)
The verb VILIPEND has 1 sense:
1. belittle
Familiarity information: VILIPEND used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Belittle
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
deprecate; depreciate; vilipend
Context example:
The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts
Hypernyms (to "vilipend" is one way to...):
belittle; disparage; pick at (express a negative opinion of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "vilipend"):
deflate; puncture (reduce or lessen the size or importance of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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